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A climate mitigation action index at the local scale: Methodology and case study
- Source :
- Journal of environmental management. 260
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This paper presents a novel climate mitigation action index to evaluate various aspects linked to the implementation of Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAP), which define the carbon dioxide emission reduction targets and outline the key actions to achieve these at the municipal level. A SEAP Implementation Index (SII) is developed and applied to study climate change mitigation actions implemented by 102 Municipalities belonging to the Metropolitan City of Milan (Italy) in the framework of the Covenant of Mayors (CoM). The SII is composed of six categories and 16 sub-indicators and results in a final score ranging from 1 to 10. The average rating obtained in the case study area is 4.2, and only eleven Municipalities achieved an evaluation higher than 6. The sensitivity analysis shows the index robustness against variations in the applied weight factors. The population engagement and the management of the initiative, neglected by many Municipalities mostly because of a lack of funding and personnel, are identified as the most critical aspects. Despite the massive participation in the CoM, no quantitative analysis of the SEAPs implementation has been proposed until now and this study shows some severe shortcomings in their application.
- Subjects :
- Environmental Engineering
Index (economics)
Mitigation
Climate Change
0208 environmental biotechnology
Population
Climate change
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
01 natural sciences
Climate change, Mitigation, Local authorities, Covenant of mayors, SEAP implementation index (SII)
Cities
Robustness (economics)
education
Waste Management and Disposal
Environmental planning
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Covenant of mayors
education.field_of_study
SEAP implementation index (SII)
Local authorities
General Medicine
Metropolitan area
020801 environmental engineering
Climate change mitigation
Action (philosophy)
Quantitative analysis (finance)
Italy
Business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10958630
- Volume :
- 260
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of environmental management
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....af07cac5d4ec6b3bc3300ddff0a8bede